Without looking closer, it may seem cheap: Low interest rates and government borrowing
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Interest rates; Fiscal sustainability;JEL classification:
- E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
- H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
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